New Kickstarter seeks to put Retro Gaming back in your hands via a Raspberry Pi Zero

Recently announced on Kickstarter, the Raspi Boy is a handheld, battery-powered, Raspberry Pi-driven retro gaming console. It comes as a pre-soldered kit to assemble, with a moulded case and custom circuit board. It doesn’t come with a Raspberry Pi Zero due to the lack of availability of multiple units.

Here’s an animated gif of the assembly procedure:

And here’s the finished product:

You can find out more by watching the campaign video at the top of the page or by visiting the Kickstarter campaign page. Currently available is the 59 Euro early-bird before rising to 69 Euros. It’s been pretty popular already with 230 backers at time of writing.

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